As I write, the sky is looking decidedly grey and the trees are being tossed about by a stiff breeze. Thankfully, there's colour in the bright green grass and the dahlias are doing their best to look cheerful. The Grandpa-Indoors has just put a pizza into the oven so soon we shall be eating something hot and delicious, with very little washing up to do!! One is thankful for little things like that!!!
This outrageous year rumbles on with CV easings, new restrictions, new warnings and goodness knows what sort of autumn and winter lie before us. It is a great shame for people not to be able to fly away on holiday and return, without quarantine difficulties to cope with, but surely, foreign holidays are just tricky things to do right now and, really, best avoided.
We had lunch out again today, in a local PH and yesterday, too, at the National Herb Centre, over-looking rolling hilly views beyond. Everyone's taking advantage of the Govt.'s initiative "Eat out to help out" and jolly good too. Let's hope it really does help our hospitality industry during August and, also beyond, into September and onwards.
Last week, 29th July, comemorated the wedding anniversary of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles in 1981, now 39 years on.. Almost forty years ago. Half a life-time, just like that. It is amazing how quickly time goes by. All the changes which have taken place since then, in all our lives, probably in this year alone, equate to an equal amount of change which has been brought about in this one year alone, this Covid-19 Pandemic year of 2020.
Not just an awful year because of Covid-19 but deaths too, such as the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA, whilst under arrest, at the hands of a uniformed white police officer, sparking the "Black Lives Matter" protest, bringing worldwide unrest in its wake.
Now, once again Beirut is in the eye of a storm, suffering the consequences of an massive port
explosion, possibly brought about by lack of attention to detail. Thousands injured, many killed and very many people left homeless. What a tragedy for all concerrned.
Yet this year of 2020 is not all bad of course, for we've commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 1945. Now on 15 August 2020, we shall be commemorating VJ Day of 1945, marking both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. Senior members of our Royal Family will be taking part in various ceremonies that Saturday and its a day for many of us to be connected to our TV sets to witness these happenings
I wonder if we will have a day of commemoration for all those lives lost to Covid-19 and the tremendous array of life changes we have, and still are, becoming accustomed to?? I do sincerely hope so.
Gardening - that blissful occupation which has so fully consummed my days this year since April -thankfully continues. Try as hard as I may, I now fully accept, my energies will not bring about a total completion of all the ideas and schemes begun earlier this year. There simply are not enough hours in the day to bring everything to that state of perfection I whistfully envisioned one early sunlight morning. It simply can't be done. No. But what has been created, done and executed is not to be disregarded. I remain fully pleased with my efforts. Whatever has been achieved is a nod to the future, a promise of better things to come and an inherent belief in the future of mankind. I am already excitedly thinking of all the new veggies I might want to grow next year, for it is that very growth that excites and enlivens my existance.
I am already dreaming of a picking flower garden somewhere, to complement my present planting schemes and the opportunity to grow an even wider choice of flowers. Ah, if only. Thank goodness, one can still daydream of future possibilities, not forgetting the fact that it would take a miracle of some great proportion, for this to come about !!!
Happy dreaming folks.
Be safe stay well............... and happy staycations !
Margaret xxx
